HONG KONG (Reuters): Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday (June 23) she will not hand pick judges to preside over cases brought under the city's new security law, an apparent attempt to assuage concerns about the controversial legislation.
Lam said that, as chief executive, she would instead appoint a panel of judges for all courts based on recommendations from a judicial body.
The planned national security law has stoked fears among democracy activists in Hong Kong and some foreign governments that Beijing is further eroding extensive autonomy promised when Britain handed it back to China under a"one country, two systems" formula in 1997. China says the national security law, which is expected to be passed next week, will target only a small group of troublemakers as it tackles separatism, subversion, terrorism and foreign interference in Hong Kong.
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